It only takes a little looking around the web (even among professional web developers) to find the words “This site best viewed by…” emblazoned somewhere for all to see (as if it were something to be proud of.) A quick Google search shows several hundred million results. This particularly abhorrent practice is a major pet peeve of mine. It means that someone was too lazy to do their job properly and probably got paid for it anyway. That’s just wrong.

There’s also the implication that any site visitor not using the specific browser, browser version, or screen resolution listed as “acceptable” by this particular wannabe webmaster (or better yet, “webfailure”) just deserves whatever garbage comes out on their screens. You’d think that no one else had ever heard the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes.

I keep trying to imagine what day to day life would be like if this practice were adopted by any other industry. Can you imagine a television station that advertised the best brand of television on which to watch their broadcast and was unconcerned by the fact that their signal was blurry or unwatchable on any other brand? Can you imagine a sign outside your local grocery store that said, “This parking lot best used by Toyota Camrys, 1995 or later, 2-door, not 4-door.” Tell me you wouldn’t want to stick some massive, old RV across 14 of those parking spaces and dare anyone to say a word.

People, the time has come to end this practice once and for all! There have been efforts and all-out campaigns to do this before, but they’ve had very little success. I have a plan that I think could be pretty effective. I call it my “Many Happy Returns Plan.” It goes like this:

Everyone starts contacting the real owners of these sites and telling them to get their money back. It’s clear that the person they paid to do this was either too incompetent to do it properly or too lazy to finish the job. They should get their money back to pay someone else who knows what the heck they’re doing. It’s only fair. I think that a few well-publicized lawsuits would end this particular trend in laziness.

It really comes down to this, the only time that you should see the words “This site best viewed by…” on a website is if they’re followed by the words “…anyone in any browser they prefer.” If you don’t know how to do this, ask, search the web, learn, find out. Don’t just stick some piece of garbage site up and charge a client for it. In the immortal words of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, “Make it so.”

With a liberal range of web development options, you may think having someone else make your website will be a timely low cost one time expenditure. You will find that cost evolving into a greater expense than your initial expectation, and examine some timely reasons for doing your own website.

The cost of having someone do your site

The initial expenditure may seem quite reasonable, with the assumption being, your site will be done in a timely manner, search engine optimized, tweaked and ready to go. This assumption is if all goes well in regard to clarification, readily defined goals, content and expectations. This is where it gets more involved in these expectations and the cost of implementing them.

Your site will need timely updates, revisions and tweaks

No matter how basic your site, it requires an element of fresh updates, revisions for change of perspective and goals. When someone does your site, you do have to pay additional for each revision you may need or idea you may wish to try out. Want to do a widget, (little box of info, games, quiz or other web toys) then change out for another randomly requires expenditure; you may try something and immediately prefer not to use it.

Access and control over your site

When your site is done by a web designer, and is done with html coding, unless you know coding or prepared to learn coding you will not have the access to maintain your site nor the control to make changes right at the desired time you have allowed for the project. It will always be with someone else scheduling. If you determine you do not feel it worth your continued support of the expenditures, you will have a site languishing for attention until you find a remedy or abandon your cherished project.

There is something cool about doing it yourself

There is a lot to be said for doing everything at your own discretion. You can apply easy tools requiring no html coding or technical skills. These options allow you to create your own site in a matter of days, with an array of personalization you can incorporate immediately or add as you deem ready. Easy to follow instruction is all included for the most tech challenged or aptly energized for the web warrior who just does not want to bother with the coding process. You can aptly test your ideas and avenue of endeavor without burdensome expenditure.

Website basics are neither complex or costly when you choose to make your own site. You will always have access and freedom to do it your way!

There are a lot of different websites that can help you with the designing of the websites. You should try to find the firms that can help you in having the finest looking website that is laden with the right set of features too.

There are a lot of firms that work in the field of website development. The type of website you have would play a huge role in determining the kind of affect it would have on your sales. So, if you really want to improve your business and you are looking to have the perfect online business, it is time you concentrate upon the website that you have.

If you are not skilled in the process of making a website, you can always seek help from web development firms as they have the perfect blend of skill and experience and thus they can make some of the finest websites that would impress your customers.

While making website, one has to be sure of the quality and style as well. Whatever style you choose, you need to make sure that it is in conformance with the theme of the business because a mismatched layout would fail to impress your customers.

So, the thought process that goes in making of websites is extensive. You need to make sure that you are delegating work to the right website design firms as it will continue to be of paramount importance all throughout your business cycle.

So, the first step in the field of online business has to be setting up the best website that is laden with the right features and can stand good traffic levels and work fine with it as well. So, explore the work that the different firms have been doing and choose the ones that can bring you rich dividends.

The best website design firms are those that are aware of the intricate details of web designing. They explore the areas in which the firm works, their past work experience, the track records and so on. After they have assimilated all these details, they then chalk a plan as to which designs shall look best for the firm and it is after careful analysis that they come up with befitting designs.

So, be very sure of the company that is excelling in this sphere. You need to watch out for the price factor as well, but even though the company may charge a little higher amount, do not compromise with quality because a poor web design can bring down the entire sales of your firm and wreck huge destruction on the way you want to carry out business.

So, after you have a good and well planned website, you can start promoting your firm and there are companies that provide SEO services along with website development. So, if you want to avail both the services, you should look for companies that can provide both the packages and thus you may benefit from it.